President Buhari appoints 3 dead people as board members of government agencies

Three dead people were among the 209 chairmen and 1,258 members appointed to fill the governing boards of agencies and parastatals positions.
Senator Francis Okpozo, who died at 81, in 2016, was named Chairman, Nigerian Press Council (NPC).

Reverend Christopher Utov, who died in March this year, is on the board of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research

Also on the list l is late retired Deputy Inspector General of Police and elder statesman, Donald Ugbaja.

Late Francis Okpozo

The appointments which was released late Saturday night to mainly online media by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, read: “Mr. President considered the approval for the constitution of the Boards as well as the appointments, very necessary, so as to provide a proper Governance and oversight structure for Government Agencies and Parastatals. The constitution of the boards with the appointments, is a demonstration of this Government’s efforts aimed at building strong institutions of Governance, and by extension, improving the quality of Policy formulation and supervision.

“While these appointments represent a substantial number of hitherto pending board appointments, some more appointments are still being processed and will be released in due course.

“The appointments take immediate effect and Honourable Ministers are advised to inaugurate the boards after letters of appointment have been issued.”

These appointments are the single largest President Buhari has made since he took office in 2015.

Prominent among the appointees is a former Ekiti State Governor, Niyi Adebayo, who will be serving on the board of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria alongside Akingbesote Akinyeye, Suleiman Mohammed and Bello Babura.